Application Architect-Salesforce K&B S Asia

KOHLER India; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Kohler India is hiring a Salesforce Architect to own end-to-end architecture, governance, and hands-on leadership of the Salesforce ecosystem including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and integrations with SAP ERP. You will drive scalability, security, performance, and adherence to enterprise standards while guiding development teams.

The role requires 10-15+ years IT experience with 8-10+ years on Salesforce platform, strong integration skills, and deep knowledge of DevOps practices; prior CTA is

Qualifications

• 10-15+ years of IT experience with Salesforce
• 8-10+ years on Salesforce platform
• Hands-on leadership for multi-cloud Salesforce environments
• Experience delivering large-scale enterprise Salesforce implementations

Responsibilities

• Define Salesforce architecture and roadmap across Sales, Service, Field Service, and Partner Portal.
• Design scalable, secure solutions aligned with enterprise standards and Salesforce best practices.
• Guide teams on declarative vs. programmatic approaches and trade-offs.
• Develop and maintain Apex, LWC, and integrations; conduct code reviews and enforce standards.
• Define and monitor unit testing, code coverage, and test automation practices.
• Architect CI/CD pipelines and release management; ensure security and compliance.

Skills

Salesforce Architecture

Apex

LWC

SOQL/SOSL

Integration

DevOps (Copado)

Security & Compliance

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Copado

CI/CD tooling

Job description

At Kohler, our mission is to help people live gracious, healthy, and sustainable lives. We believe that empowering our associates is essential to making this vision a reality. That's why we invest in personal and professional growth, encourage collaboration across teams and functions, and offer a comprehensive wellness package that supports the well-being of every team member.

Kohler is an equal opportunity employer. Along with competitive compensation and benefits, we offer something more enduring-a legacy built on bold innovation, creative excellence, and a deep commitment to our people and communities. Learn more about our culture and career opportunities at www.kohler.co.in/careers.

Our approach to hiring reflects our commitment to Global Inclusion. We recruit, hire, and promote qualified individuals in all roles without regard to race, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, or disability. If you are an individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process, please let your recruiter know so we can support you appropriately.

Posted 4 months ago

Job Description

Role Summary -

The Salesforce Architect owns the end-to-end architecture, technical leadership, and governance of the Salesforce ecosystem — spanning Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Field Service, Experience Cloud partner portals, MuleSoft integrations, SAP ERP connectivity, and digital platforms. Acting as platform custodian, this role drives scalability, security, performance, and adherence to enterprise architecture standards while remaining hands-on to guide and elevate development teams.

Key Responsibilities -

• Define Salesforce architecture and roadmap across Sales, Service, Field Service, and Partner Portal.
• Design scalable, secure solutions aligned with enterprise architecture and Salesforce best practices.
• Guide teams on declarative vs. programmatic solution trade-offs.

2. Hands-On Development & Technical Leadership

• Develop and maintain Apex, LWC, and integrations as needed.
• Conduct code reviews; enforce coding standards, design patterns, and governor limit compliance.
• Guide teams on efficient Apex, SOQL, and reusable component design.

3. Code Quality & Coverage Governance

• Define and enforce unit testing standards, code coverage thresholds, and test automation practices.
• Review and approve critical code changes and architectural components.
• Implement static code analysis and automated quality tools.

4. Platform Health & Optimization

• Monitor API usage, governor limits, integration failures, batch jobs, and Apex errors.
• Establish performance monitoring dashboards and proactively resolve bottlenecks.
• Drive platform optimization and long-term sustainability initiatives.
• Design and govern API-led integrations with resilient error handling and retry mechanisms.
• Establish API standards, versioning strategies, and event-driven architecture patterns.
• Design enterprise Salesforce data models with Salesforce-SAP alignment.
• Address large data volume (LDV) considerations and define strategies for data sync, quality, and lifecycle.

7. DevOps & Release Governance

• Architect CI/CD pipelines, release management, environment strategies, and automated testing.
• Experience with Copado or equivalent DevOps platforms preferred.

8. Security & Compliance

• Implement role hierarchy, permission models, field-level security, and data encryption.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise cybersecurity policies.

Required Technical Skills -

Sales Cloud | Service Cloud | Field Service | Experience Cloud

Development

Apex | LWC | SOQL / SOSL | Platform Events | Batch Apex | Async Processing | Salesforce APIs

Integration

Preferred Certifications -

• Salesforce Technical Architect (CTA) - highly desirable

Experience

• 10-15+ years of overall IT experience; 8-10+ years on the Salesforce platform.
• Proven delivery of large-scale, enterprise Salesforce implementations.
• Hands-on experience leading multi-cloud Salesforce environments and complex integrations.
• Hands-on technical leadership

Enterprise architecture thinking

Platform performance optimization

Balancing vision with pragmatism

Strong stakeholder communication

Mandatory Skills